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This is exactly the kind of tree that Prof. Akira Miyawaki* refers to as 'fake trees': http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=306 http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.p
by lingben 12y ago
This is exactly the kind of tree that Prof. Akira Miyawaki* refers to as 'fake trees':
http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=306 http://www.ubraintv.com/watch.php?id=306
They are bred to be fast growing but they do not possess longevity nor are they hardy.
*Prof. Miyawaki is the inspiration and his methodology is the one adopted by Sharma.
- balabaster 12y agoWould they be any good for building cheap, sustainable log cabins?
- coolsunglasses 12y agoGiven soft timber, I don't know that you'd want to.
- ertdfgcb 12y agoProbably not without some clever engineering, fast wood isn't very sturdy.
- vanderZwan 12y agoBiochar producers then? I mean, even if the wood is poor quality otherwise, the woody material is a good way to lock up carbon, right?
- usefulcat 12y agoPlant decomposition results in the release of CO2.
- nols 12y agoSome, but it's still negative emissions, otherwise there wouldn't be biochar.
- bigger_cheese 12y agohttp://www.csiro.au/Portals/Publications/Magazines/resourceful/Issue-1/1-A-vision-in-charcoal.aspx http://www.csiro.au/Portals/Publications/Magazines/resourcef... my work sponsored CSIRO to look into some of this stuff, from everything I've heard theres a lot of potential for biochar.
- micro_cam 12y agoMaybe you could use them in SIP panel construction even if only in pulp of fiber form. Log cabins are of debatable sustainability being hard to seal and insulate to modern standards.